Many a true word is spoken in jest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Men love newfangleness.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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